English Dictionary

excrescence

IPA（発音記号）

/ɛkˈskɹɛsəns/

名詞

Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else. / A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.

日本語の意味

何か他の部分から異常に生じた増殖物、例えば不整形な隆起や不必要な付加物を意味する。 / 異常な成長や不自然に付着した部分として、望ましくない見た目の突出物を指す。

The old statue's base was marred by a stubborn excrescence that had formed over decades.

古い像の台座は、何十年もかけて生じた頑固で異常な突起によって損なわれていた。

意味（1）

Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.

I have again and again intimated that I desire the hair to be arranged closely, modestly, plainly. Miss Temple, that girl’s hair must be cut off entirely; I will send a barber to-morrow: and I see others who have far too much of the excrescence—that tall girl, tell her to turn round.

意味（2）

A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.

意味（3）

(phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or -t (Etymology 2).

excrescences （ plural ）